‘Democrats rightly worry that the anti-corruption issue they won on will boomerang in the next election.’

The editors of the New York Times want House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stop blocking a House Ethics Committee investigation of John Murtha about military spending in no-bid contracts to his nephew’s company, as well as the role of the PMA Group.

According to Tom Daschle, an editorial from the Times was what persuaded him he was harming the president and ought to withdraw as the nominee for HHS secretary. Will the editors’ arguments be as persuasive with this bunch of Democrats?